Measurable
improvements
in medication
management
Pyxis MedStation 4000 system
™
Pyxis
®
“We’re able to get the meds
we need quickly and safely,
even after hours.”
Tammy Hill, RN
Critical Care Coordinator
Alliance Community Hospital
Feeling the pain of medication management, hospitals find a prescription that works.
In an effort to improve clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction scores and profitability,
From pharmacy to nursing to the patient, there has to be a better
hospitals are taking a close look at their medication management system. Studies
way to get medications to the right patient without delay.
have found that the path medication takes from the pharmacy to the patient can
And there is.
be error-prone and inefficient. These challenges often increase risks and costs,
delay therapies and complicate efforts to meet regulatory requirements.
Consider that today, within a 300-bed hospital, nurses may administer up to 4,000
medication doses daily across all patient care areas.1 That’s why it’s imperative that
pharmacy, nursing and technological processes be synchronized to provide the
correct medication, supplies and information for patient care.
Pyxis MedStation™ 4000 system
CareFusion provides a comprehensive solution to streamline the
medication management process. The foundation of our approach
is the Pyxis MedStation 4000 system, which safely and efficiently
dispenses millions of medications—and benefits—every day.
Delivering results you can count on
By using the Pyxis MedStation 4000 system, some
hospitals have reported:
• Time to initial dose decreased to approximately
30 minutes1
• The cost was two times less expensive than
a unit dose process1
• The average time to process routine orders through
to the pharmacy back to the nursing station, and
ready for nurses to access decreased to 22 minutes 2
• Turnaround on prioritized stat orders shrank
by 5 to 7 minutes 2
• The average nursing time saved in hospitals with
a weekly inventory is 15.1 minutes when only
controlled substances accessed since the last
inventory are counted 3
Automating the medication management process
The Pyxis MedStation 4000 system can help you manage medications by automating
the process throughout the hospital. This market proven system streamlines medication
distribution, improves nursing and pharmacy collaboration and workflow, helps support
Joint Commission and regulatory compliance efforts and interoperates with your hospital
information system (HIS) to provide information where and when it’s needed.
• Helps start patient therapies faster by
reducing time to first dose
• Gives nurses fast and easy access to the
medications they administer
• Improves the predictability related to
where to find medications
• Reduces missing doses and improves
workflow efficiencies
• Minimizes risk of harm by alerting
clinicians about potential medication
errors before they reach the bedside
• Provides ability to pre-select medications
and document waste remotely from any
hospital computer using Pyxis Nurse
Link, resulting in more time for direct
patient care
• The cart exchange was eliminated, freeing up
two pharmacists to work on the floor 4
Streamline the medication administration
process with Pyxis Nurse Link:
• Enables pre-selection of scheduled and PRN
medications from a hospital PC for removal
at the Pyxis MedStation system
• Allows medication waste to be recorded
remotely without a trip back to the Pyxis
MedStation system
• Centralizes clinical information, including
medication orders, labs and vitals
Enhancing safety and workflow with medication interaction alerts*
Caregivers need the right information, at the right time, to protect patients and better
manage their day. The Pyxis MedStation 4000 system provides new capabilities designed
to alert caregivers to the risk of potential harm, while streamlining the medication
distribution process.
• Allergy interactions: Active checking
• Comprehensive decision support
during the medication removal process
database: Nurses receive actionable
to alert the clinician if the patient is allergic
alerts at the point of dispensing
to the medication or medication class
• Drug-to-drug interactions: Active
• System flexibility: Pharmacists can
customize alerts for each Pyxis MedStation
checking during the medication removal
system to comply with hospital policy and
process to alert the clinician if the
minimize alert fatigue
medication may interact with other
medications being removed and
previous medication removals
The Pyxis MedStation 4000 system—a solution unlike any other
Analyzing clinical data to help reduce
adverse drug events
Built on the foundation of the Patient Event
Advisor platform, Pyxis Advisor provides help
where it’s needed. It analyzes clinical data and
informs nurses at the Pyxis MedStation system
when their patients may be at risk for a potential
adverse drug event.
For example, a Pyxis Advisor alert can notify a
nurse that their patient has a critical lab value
and causative drug(s), helping them protect the
patient from a potential adverse drug event.
Partnering to ensure interoperability
Analytics are easier than ever
Clinicians interact with many systems that
don’t share data. Industry-first interoperability*
between the Pyxis MedStation 4000 system and
the Cerner Millennium® EMR can help simplify
the process of medication administration. By
sharing data between the two systems, nursing
and pharmacy have the information they need
to enhance medication safety and optimize
workflow processes.
With just a few clicks, get medication
dispensing analytics to help optimize devices
and track performance trends. This helps
identify potential diversion issues, prevent
stock-outs by optimizing storage locations and
monitor compliance with controlled substance
tracking policies.
• Helps prevent loading of specific medications on specific devices
with block loading
Safety
Workflow
Security
IT enhancements
• Warns a nurse if the wrong dose is about to be removed
• Provides expanded patient allergy information to include
comprehensive data from ADT and PIS systems
• Helps nurses verify they are removing the correct medication as
intended with barcode scan on remove
• Provides current online Lexicomp drug reference information*
• Helps reduce chances of the wrong medication in the wrong pocket
with barcode scan on refill and load
• Provides patient education for medications in multiple languages
with online Lexicomp access*
• Helps nurses reduce time spent on medication inventory counts by
counting only accessed inventory
• Saves nurses time in locating medications in other devices with global find
• Increases safety of medication removal on other devices by using the
patient’s profile with global remove
• Saves time with a singular medication search list, including both brand
and generic drug names
• Alerts nurse of medication removals where the dose removed exceeded
the ordered dose with undocumented waste
• Streamlines patient billing reconciliation of temporary patients and
permanent patients
• Improves precision and accuracy of user access with biometric
identification using spectral imaging technology
• Enables easy reconciliation of temporary accounts and
inpatient accounts
• Supports IT initiatives for operating system standardization with
the ability to migrate to Windows 2008 server and Windows 7*
• Reduces efforts to manage synchronous time across hospital devices and
eliminates disruptions from daylight savings changes
• Reduces IT maintenance through support of DHCP/DNS configurations
(stations only)
• Provides easy access to printed reports available on network printers*
(console and workstation only)
*This feature is in limited commercial release. CareFusion may not make this feature generally available for commercial sale.
Pyxis MedStation 4000 system typical configuration
Pyxis MedStation 4000 mains
Pyxis MedStation 4000
6-drawer main
22.8” W x 27” D x 54.3” H
Pyxis MedStation 4000
4-drawer main plus bin
22.8” W x 27” D x 55” H
Pyxis MedStation 4000
2-drawer main
22.8” W x 27” D x 27.8” H
Pyxis MedStation 4000
0-drawer main
22.8” W x 27” D x 11.5” H
Pyxis MedStation 4000 auxiliaries
Pyxis MedStation 4000
7-drawer auxiliary
22.8” W x 27” D x 47” H
Related products
Pyxis MedStation 4000
half-height column auxiliary
(2 doors)
Pyxis MedStation 4000
single column auxiliary
(4 doors)
Pyxis MedStation 4000
double column auxiliary
(8 doors)
31” W x 28” D x 43” H
31” W x 28” D x 79.5” H
52” W x 28” D x 79.5” H
Pyxis MedStation 4000 consoles
Pyxis MedStation 4000 drawers
CUBIE® pockets
MiniDrawer (I-6)
Carousel drawer
MiniDrawer (I-18)
Pyxis SMART Remote Manager
Pyxis Remote Manager
(refrigerator not included)
Matrix drawer with optional
return bin
2D barcode scanner included
Pyxis MedStation 4000
console and cabinet
Pyxis MedStation 4000
workstation
30” W x 24” D x 49” H
16.25” W x 8.25” D x 17.5” H
1 Baker J, Draves M, Ramudhin A. Analysis of the Medication Management System
in Seven Hospitals. CareFusion, 2010.
2 University Medical Center Testimonial (video). CareFusion, 2003.
3 Blackmere J, Crowson K, Danley B, Hanken S, McDow L. Determining the most
efficient controlled substance inventory practice that minimizes discrepancies and
maximizes security. CareFusion, 2010.
4 Alliance Community Hospital Testimonial (brochure and video). CareFusion, 2005.
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